FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 2, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NJN by 5 after the first quarter and won 97–93.

Final
MEM89
CLE105
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +24; Q4 CLE +16
Final
TOR115
IND130
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +15
Final
MIL82
ORL99
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +18; Q4 ORL +17
Final
DET97
NJN93
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +4
Final
LAC90
CHI82
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +8
Final
ATL99
OKC106
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +7
Final
GSW97
HOU119
Q1 HOU +14; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +22
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2008–09Feb 2, 2009: 8 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ NYK), 61 points.
The lead · DET @ NJN

New Jersey's skid reaches three

Detroit won 97–93; the Nets fall to 4–43. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-5+4+4DET AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2419282697
NJN2919192693
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 15, 12, 27, 25, 16, 8, 14, 22DET22 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 22, 27, 10, 20, 17, 4, 18, 21DET21 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 23, 26, 21, 14, 19, 17, 18, 27NJN27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 5, 15, 4, 15, 22, 10, 11, 4, 24NJN24 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 37 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg37.7Today

38 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · MIL @ ORL

Orlando makes it four straight

Orlando beat Milwaukee 99–82 and moved to 33–16. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · ORL
L@ POR87–102L@ LAL92–98Wvs IND109–98Wvs SAC100–84W@ CHA106–95L@ MEM94–99Wvs BOS96–94Wvs ATL104–86W@ DET91–86Wvs MIL99–82ORL: last 10 games through Feb 2, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 37

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 23, 17, 19, 20, 31, 27, 19, 37ATL @ OKC · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 21, 44, 17, 18, 24, 27, 26, 35TOR @ IND · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 22, 19, 10, 22, 27, 2, 17, 34TOR @ IND · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 33, 36, 39, 4, 19, 22, 25, 34GSW @ HOU · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 36, 29, 31, 30, 34, 28, 30, 45, 33OKC vs ATL · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 23, 26, 21, 14, 19, 17, 18, 27NJN vs DET · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Stephen CurryGSW+6.6 20.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Carlos DelfinoMIL+6.2 16.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Corey MaggetteGSW+5.5 26.2 last 10 · 20.7 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.3 15.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Chauncey BillupsDEN+5.1 24.5 last 10 · 19.4 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.7 5.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Vince CarterORL−5.8 9.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.9 7.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Danny GrangerIND−4.8 17.6 last 10 · 22.4 season
Larry HughesNYK−4.8 5.0 last 10 · 9.8 season